Sports Quiz – July 5, 2019

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Questions

1. In 2018, Texas’ Adrian Beltre became the all-time major league leader in hits by a Latin American-born player. Who had held the mark?
2. Who were the last pair of Philadelphia Phillies before Maikel Franco and Aaron Altherr in 2018 to each hit a grand slam in the same game?
3. How many times have the Kansas City Chiefs won three consecutive AFC West titles?
4. Entering 2019, the University of Miami’s (Fla.) men’s basketball program has had five players who were chosen in the first round of the NBA Draft. Name three of them.
5. How may consecutive seasons have the Pittsburgh Penguins reached the NHL playoffs?
6. In 2019, Gregg Berhalter became the first coach of the U.S. men’s soccer team to also have played for the team in a World Cup. When was that?
7. When was the last time before 2019 (Country House) that the winning horse of the Kentucky Derby had odds of winning as being at least 65-1?

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1. Rod Carew, with 3,053 hits.
2. Ryan Howard and Raul Ibanez, in 2009.
3. Once (2016-18).
4. Rick Barry (1965), Tim James (’99), John Salmons (2002), Shane Larkin (’13) and Lonnie Walker (’18).
5. Thirteen consecutive seasons.
6. He played in the 2002 World Cup.
7. It was 1913, when Donerail had odds of 91-1.

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